She started her new life ten dollars in debt
That's all it took to get started back then
A trip to the courthouse across the state line
No one could stop her she'd made up her mind
He was eighteen and she wasn't
But she said she was and never thought twice
Came back home as my daddy's wife
She just shook her head
When her momma said are you sure he's the one
She was
He took a job and farmed on the side
He made the ends meet but she kept them tied
Changes were coming to their little world
She said what would you like a boy or a girl
And he said are you
And she said she was and never thought twice
About taking the next step and building their lives
Soon there were three
And she tried to be everything to us
And she was
Those precious moments turned into years
In what seemed like a blink of an eye
I held her hand as I leaned down to ask her
Momma are you ready to say goodbye
She said she was but she thought twice
Holding my hand as she let go of life
Daddy always said
A woman like her would be hard to give up
And she was
If there ever was a picture of love
She was